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Types of Words (with examples)
Miscellanea / / November 09, 2021
Types of words
There are different types of words according to what function they fulfill and according to what they refer to. For instance: nouns, adjectives, adverbs.
Words are units that usually have meaning and are separated from others by spaces in writing and by possible pauses in speech.
In addition to being classified into different word classes, words can be classified according to meaning, according to their structure, or according to their stress.
Types of words according to the function they fulfill
According to this classification criterion (the syntactic one) there are nine classes of words:
Types of words according to meaning
According to this classification criterion, the semantic one, the words can be:
Types of words according to their structure
According to this classification criterion, the morphological one, the words can be:
Types of words according to their stress
This classification criterion is phonetic, since the sound and pronunciation of the words is taken into account. Words are classified according to their stressed syllable, that is, according to which syllable is pronounced the loudest.
Examples of word types
Examples of nouns
| bike | happiness | Paris |
| bag | soccer player | meeting |
| bottle | kiln | nap |
| ride | invention | society |
| path | language | theory |
| Carmen | Liberty | tomato |
| businessman | Mountain | wind |
Adjectives examples
| beautiful | strident | Romantic |
| well | happy | tasty |
| changing | faithful | superficial |
| full | French | twinkling |
| complicated | magnificent | transcendent |
| sweet | unfinished | summer |
| stellar | inside | true |
Examples of pronouns
| he | them | us |
| she | it | that |
| they | the | I know |
| them | I | tea |
| the | me | your |
| the | much | you guys |
| you | we | me |
Examples of determinants
| some | is | few |
| both of them | the | that |
| that | half | second |
| certain | Many | its |
| how much | no | everything |
| too many | our | three |
| that | other | some |
Examples of verbs
| learn | to sleep | interpret |
| dance | get in | mourn |
| change | to be | to think |
| eat | to study | get out |
| concur | exist | be |
| to believe | explain | smile |
| tell | to congratulate | come |
Adverbs examples
| intentionally | when | plus |
| here | too | very |
| So | frequently | no |
| well | Never | never |
| close | far | Yes |
| circumstantially | slowly | forever |
| excuse me | wrong | either |
Examples of prepositions
| to | from | for |
| in view of | during | by |
| low | on | according |
| fits | Come in | without |
| with | toward | SW |
| against | until | upon |
| from | through | after |
Examples of conjunctions
| what's more | neither | then |
| although | or | Yes |
| and | but | otherwise |
| more | because | and |
Examples of interjections
| ah | Go ahead | eye |
| go | hey | yuck |
| good | meh | Phew |
| watch out | oh | oops |
Examples of lexical words
| sugar | idea | President |
| know | amazing | jump |
| special | hand | greeting |
| excursion | weight | sympathy |
| big | question | to live |
Examples of grammar words
| to | the | but |
| with | the | by |
| from | through | then |
| on | neither | otherwise |
| Come in | or | and |
Examples of monosemic words
| olive | barometer | dedication |
| steel | biology | Monday |
| tuner | onion | bread |
| Water | zebra | rural |
| Garlic | plot | Zoo |
Examples of polysemic words
| act | letter | root |
| White | room | mouse |
| bag | flat | sauce |
| cape | plant | temporary |
| calculator | radio | Earth |
Variable word examples
| ancient | happy | barked |
| cook | I congratulate | the |
| merchants | cat | mammals |
| by contrast | industrial | girl |
| is | interesting | presidents |
Examples of invariant words
| above | Come in | by |
| still | plus | possibly |
| close | neither | that |
| excuse me | no | maybe |
| from | I wish | already |
Examples of simple and derived words
| White | whiten |
| cinema | cinephile |
| fake | distort |
| flower | to flourish |
| chicken | hen house |
| equal | equality |
| firewood | woodcutter |
| hand | Handbook |
| move | moving |
| eye | browse |
| bread | Baker |
| plan | to plan |
| Sun | sunny |
| vegetable | greengrocery |
| shoe | Shoemaker |
Examples of primitive words
| Water | kitchen room | paper |
| tree | smoke | dog |
| Bank | book | put |
| coffee | sea | tea |
| cell | desk | Earth |
Examples of compound words
| letter opener | scarecrow | parasol |
| can opener | coastguard | stain remover |
| astronaut | seaplane | corkscrew |
| turning | Bad mood | spiderweb |
| bedspread | windshield | tongue twister |
Examples of parasynthetic words
| clear out | aged | motorcycling |
| Orange | birthday boy | paratrooper |
| anti-slip | fiend | radiotelephone operator |
| landing | bound | rejuvenate |
| motorist | Latin American | premature |
Examples of sharp words
| bebé | faithliz | panet |
| ACfaith | generous yesdad | perder |
| ACjón | hotel | rubi |
| dogto | maneither | hehave |
| corteas | Iwildebeest | tamwell |
Examples of serious words
| angel | gavefycil | i havecho |
| arbowl | elegantea | smartgenetea |
| tozúcar | famoSW | thepiz |
| cocina | footballbowl | herias |
| withdor | he hasbil | sawvo |
Examples of esdrújulas words
| TOIdelicious | matemoreethics | ráI ask |
| angulo | myattic | rethempago |
| busremains | múphysical | satbado |
| circleass | plasattic | teayouphone |
| echoitgico | heremonkey | lastscam |
Examples of words sobreesdrújulas
| ánimbly | it isteaethically | heremically |
| gavegas it | éethically | ráquickly |
| especphysically | formerplímarry it | repiteselo |
| spontáneatly | faeasily | itsbitten |
| spouserádically | practiceethically | technoitgically |
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